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Ari is observing the end of Passover and producer Big Mike is taking on all comers - no topic is off limits!

Protestors set up encampment on University of Washington campus and we discuss the upcoming election for Washington governor; KVI listeners have an elegant solution that we might have considered previously!

Plus, Big Mike reviews X-Men '97 and an inspirational story when a retired officer reunites with man he saved as a baby who followed in his footsteps

Persistent college campus Gaza/Hamas protesters are going to hurt Biden's re-election chances if they continue much longer, two examples of the hypocritical tactics campus protesters are using to protest Israel's response to Hamas, good news for the Cascade Mountain snow pack arrives today, a Baltimore man now charged with using AI to fake his boss's voice uttering a racist and anti-Semitic rant, the continuing effort to tear down Snake River hydro dams, GUEST: Mark Krikorian CIS evaluates the potential and logistics for mass deportations, factories or work site enforcement by ICE could be a factor, how to send the overt message that crossing into the US illegally will not be worth the effort, voluntary vs. mass deportation of illegal aliens in the US, Burien deputy mayor pushes back on KC Sheriff about refusal to enforce day time camping ordinance, how to see video of the 4 zebras on the loose in North Bend WA, the expensive price tag WA Democrats are putting on the race for governor that seems to benefit Bob Ferguson, apoplexy of George Stephanopoulos regarding the Trump trial, right now at UW campus pro-Hamas/pro-Palestinian activists are erecting a protest zone for an event tonight, Bill Maher verbally destroys the hypocrisy of the "Gaza genocide" activists/protesters.

several quick story previews to open the show, UCLA campus protest scene turns into impromptu debate about "genocide" definition, an unexpected diatribe criticizing Democrats and their policies from a 1970s rock singer music legend, three different babies in three different locations OD on fentanyl in Everett and one OD kills a 13-month-old child, a WA Democrat has to admit her re-election chances might hinge on tightening US border security, NYC construction workers show some vocal support for Donald Trump, GUEST: economist Steve Moore, an AI generated "deep fake" crime  portraying a HS principal as a racist and anti-Semite, Columbia U. students will get to pass/fail classes this spring if their protesting gets in the way of class work.

KVI's Ari Hoffman interviews the WA GOP endorsed candidate for governor, Semi Bird.

During this double-length, fiery conversation, Semi answers questions about his background and talks about how he plans to convince voters that he's the one to trust in November!

Secret Service detail for VP gets into what appears to be an unprecedented fist fight, Biden's latest teleprompter gaffe results in loopy denial by White House staff, the revealing part about Nancy Pelosi suggesting Israel's PM should resign, the kind of campus protest clear thinking Americans could really use right now, the Snohomish Co. kidnapping DV case that resulted in a fatal crash killing an 83-year-old woman near Mill Creek, Texas Gov. takes a different approach than NY officials on pro-Hamas campus protests, Tik Tok buying time after Biden signs divestiture law, political disinformation about WA Republican Party convention's platform vote about "democracy", what this means for the "terminology" debate, Semi Bird competing with Dave Reichert, what Reichert needs to realize about Semi Bird's candidacy if Reichert wants to win the August primary, Seattle socialists have finally found something they don't want for free!!, checking the score card on earth's health in 2024 after prior catastrophic environmental predictions on Earth Day.

While Ari is observing Passover, producer Big Mike steps in to host replay segments and contents, and a few new surprises too!

14-year-olds arrested for armed robbery after police chase in Kent and Bellevue police launch new light rail patrol unit ahead of 2 Line grand opening // GUEST: Jonathan Choe joins Mike to discuss Seattle city crews knocking out massive pro-Hamas mural painted on 2nd Ave in front of the downtown Federal Building and somehow, Nikkita Oliver returned!

A Seattle partisan who left town is apparently back, Oregon State Patrol surrounds suspected WA double-murder and child kidnapper attempting to flee crime spree with 1 yr old son, Bernie Sanders seems to hate Israel more than he likes Ukraine, Nikkita Oliver is back in Seattle and playing the (social justice) hits!, two more disturbing juvenile crime stories in Kent and Lynnwood,

the Tik Tok divestiture bill passes Senate, Trump hush money trial update, if WA voters make LTC payroll tax merely optional will anyone get their money back from the Inslee mandate?,  suspect shot and killed by police in Tukwila hotel was a former Navy physician from Kitsap County, Seattle religious evangelist exonerated by 9th U.S. Circuit Court, taking the temperature of KVI listeners on Semi Bird and Dave Reichert campaigns for WA Governor,  GUEST: All In For Autism event KVI is co-sponsoring with our sister stations, Rich Martin.

It's starting to look like the Ivy League pro-Hamas  demonstrations are a warm-up for this summer's Democratic and Republican conventions, a double-murder suspect in West Richland WA is now on the run after allegedly kidnapping his 1 yr old son, sharp differences for SCOTUS justices on Grant's Pass homeless legal case, Columbia U. grad student describes the anti-Semitism  he suffered in the last week on campus by demonstrators, GUEST: WSRP Chair Jim Walsh talks about the delegates endorsement of Semi Bird over Dave Reichert and what this means going in to the August primary for WA governor's election, HBO's Bill Maher says Ron DeSantis was correct for calling out Disney backing creepy 'woke' trans-politics, GUEST: former WA AG, Rob McKenna, examines SCOTUS case on Grant's Pass homeless ordinance, the challenge for Grant's Pass is that the ordinance is designed to move homeless people out of the city by fining people money if they're camping in public, GUEST: GOP candidate for WA Gov. , Semi Bird, talks about his state convention endorsement victory and the political divide within the state Republican Party, how ground game will impact the 2024 WA governor's election, the Republican Party "bubble" in WA.